We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Politics
At the SNP's election campaign launch last week, Nicola Sturgeon said that Scotland leaving the customs union and single market “will cost every person in Scotland £1,600.” This is another … Read
During an election, protecting our impartiality is vital. Here's how we do it. Read
Figures from the Environment Agency that could have helped shed light seem to have been taken offline. Read
Health
The US sets levels of natural contaminants in food above which it takes immediate enforcement action. The EU doesn’t set such levels. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
These claims give the impression individuals would lose money, when it’s actually a prediction of how much less the GDP would be in a decade’s time compared to remaining. Read
Politics
In recent days the Labour party's web systems have been hit by what the party described as a “sophisticated and large scale cyber attack”. But what is a DDoS attack, … Read
A DDoS attack by itself is not a sophisticated or particularly novel website attack. Read
You can’t work out the cost of a manifesto which hasn’t been published yet. And it’s flawed to assume all income tax payers have the same tax burden. Read
You can’t work out the cost of a manifesto that hasn’t been published yet. Read
Excerpt The footage is from the 2016 Remembrance Sunday service. The BBC says it was a production error. Read
